One of a group of early manuscripts of small dimensions; the date and place of production of these 'Small' Shahnamas are still in dispute, but the preferred identification is by Shreve Simpson, who places them c. 1300, in Baghdad.

The dimensions of the dispersed leaves now varies.

See also A. Adamova, Mediaeval Persian Painting.

Project Notes

These scenes now need to be put in the correct order and numbered according (fol. no.s to be recorded, where known, as "reconstructed folio no.".

Details of individual folios/paintings can be recovered and copied in many cases from the parallel entry under the collection concerned.